PAETEC has opened a new data center in Houston, Texas. The new operation will feature many network-based services, helping customers operate and protect their critical data, server based applications, network, and communications systems and offer traditional services
such as cabinets, power and space. The Houston center has network connections to a diverse OC-48 SONET ring, is serviced by a one-megawatt generator and operates with 90 tons of advanced dual circuit cooling capacity.

In addition to serving Houston, PAETEC plans to increase network capacity out of the site, and offering more high bandwidth services to other metros including, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas by January, 2011. Further, new data centers are planned for Milwaukee and Phoenix by the end of the year, joining operations located in Bethlehem, PA, Conshohocken, PA and Andover, MA providing expanded support for enterprise customers that require geographic redundancy and reduced latency.